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  <h1>Saving Resources Automatically Before a Manual Build</h1>
  <p>To automatically save all modified resources in the Workbench before a manual build is done:</p>
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    <li>Open the <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.Workspace)")'>
    <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>General &gt; Workspace</b></a>
    preference page.</li>
    <li>Select the <b>Save automatically before build</b> checkbox.</li>
    <li>Click <b>OK</b> to close the Preferences page.</li>
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  <h3 class="related">Related Concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-22.htm">Builds</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3><a href="tasks-73.htm">Building resources</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-75.htm">Performing builds manually</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-14.htm">Changing build order</a>
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